Design Objective: to maximise the performance potential of a 12m offshore monohull, with the capacity to sleep a full crew and with a usable interior. This is a versatile boat, set up for high performance racing either short-handed or fully crewed, both harbour and offshore. Blink is built with racing in the infamous Cook Strait in mind, with robust construction and systems, foam core, and options chosen with the wisdom that 'to win you must first finish' in mind: twin rudders, twin hydraulic rams, and dual hydraulic keel power sources (electric and engine pumps).

18 March 2017

Delivery Trip for 2017 Round the North Island 2 Handed Yacht Race

VW and TW had to do their qualifying miles for the RNI on Blink, so we did a 2-person delivery from Wellington to Auckland starting on Waitangi weekend. We stopped in Gisborne for a few days and did a quick lap of East Cape on land before riding the back of a southerly front around East Cape. Breezy out of Gissy and around the Cape but dolphins always make it feel so much better. Otherwise, not much to report but some nice video clips ...